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There are benefits and drawbacks to every form of power.

Posted on: February 27, 2023 at 15:46:22 CT

kmawv8 MU

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Coal has it's place, but it's not the best solution, or should really ever to be used, as a peaking plant.

That's not it place and that's not how these plants were designed.

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we get 74.4% of our electricity from coal, 2nd only to - phrejd MU - 2/27 12:48:22

Nukes are the only way to go. Now would be the time(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 2/27 18:01:31

This is your answer to the Ukraine situation? - Wildcat KSU - 2/27 23:46:22

The longterm solution to our energy needs is - BigSlickTiger MU - 2/27 13:42:42

saying "the solution is ____" is part of the problem. - phrejd MU - 2/27 14:52:49

stop riding that fence like some nickel stripper and make - lqf2b8 KC - 2/27 15:49:26

Then you're part of the problem. - kmawv8 MU - 2/27 15:43:24

no, i had many commas. i said "solution is ___, ___, ___ and - phrejd MU - 2/27 16:06:32

Absolutely. Wind and solar as they exist now will never - DHighlander NWMSU - 2/27 14:43:07

Nuclear, done right, is the best solution - cooter MU

- 2/27 14:40:52

We didn't though. People equate nuclear energy with nuclear - DHighlander NWMSU - 2/27 15:43:07

I'd love for MO to pull a FL and just say **** the federal - lqf2b8 KC - 2/27 13:23:51

if they're going to build wave things - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:25:47

Wolf Creek produces some nuke power for Missouri too(nm) - lqf2b8 KC - 2/27 13:21:48

that's what i was thinking too - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:23:31

Wind and solar are a joke. a very bad one(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 2/27 13:19:22

the wind farm fiasco can go away - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:22:34

Its fine to toy with but the power companies have to generat - TigerFan92 STL - 2/27 14:15:58

It's pretty well documented Tigerfan92's hatred for anything - tgr MU

- 2/27 13:51:07

If you read any of them you might learn about how it works - TigerFan92 STL - 2/27 14:18:22

Solar is a $14 billion industry in the US. But sure, - tgr MU

- 2/27 15:11:06

research for once. - TigerFan92 STL - 2/27 15:16:30

Maybe read my original post that you replied on. - tgr MU

- 2/27 15:53:09

You clearly don't understand supply and demand. - TigerFan92 STL - 2/27 16:44:50

dumb - phrejd MU - 2/27 15:34:39

you clearly have no understanding of power generation - TigerFan92 STL - 2/27 16:52:38

There's a lot of truth in what you're saying. - kmawv8 MU - 2/27 15:40:06

that sounds like a good reason not to rely on coal plants (nm) - phrejd MU - 2/27 15:42:09

There are benefits and drawbacks to every form of power. - kmawv8 MU - 2/27 15:46:22

here's my solution - phrejd MU - 2/27 16:09:34

its weird how some people take it personally - colonel angus beef KC - 2/27 13:59:28

maybe his real name is Mr Peabody so he is - SabertoothTiger MU - 2/27 14:23:43

Thank you for bringing attention to this important cause - Ace AU - 2/27 13:05:48

Evergy says only 37% is coal as of 2021. - tgr MU

- 2/27 13:01:21

that's capacity i think, not production or consumption (nm) - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:05:02

That's about to change in the more progressive - Rabbit Test MU - 2/27 12:58:59

a tiny solar farm near the airport isn't going to do squat. - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:02:27

Would power about 70,000 homes, or roughly one-third - Rabbit Test MU - 2/27 13:11:08

call me skeptical (nm) - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:14:30

Hi skeptical, I’m Cosmo (nm) - Cosmo MU

- 2/27 14:18:40

Selfishly, this pleases me. - kmawv8 MU - 2/27 12:53:42

IKR- its a lot worse then most people suspect - JG MU

- 2/27 13:04:27

lol (nm) - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:05:57

but that % is crazy - phrejd MU - 2/27 12:58:17

nuclear is scary and hard to pronounce(nm) - dangertim MU

- 2/27 13:07:16

looks like it's only scary if you're west of the mississippi - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:10:38

they probably say "New-Clear"(nm) - dangertim MU

- 2/27 13:12:34

wait. isnt' that how you say it? - phrejd MU - 2/27 13:15:40

oh, I had it, for the southerners, one syllable - dangertim MU

- 2/27 13:18:54

we can still use coal for electric cars. - dangertim MU

- 2/27 12:51:12

yeah but where do you put it in? (nm) - phrejd MU - 2/27 12:55:42

BOAISY(nm) - dangertim MU

- 2/27 13:06:11

In the coal chute.....duh (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 2/27 13:00:04

According to some in Missouri - Wildcat KSU - 2/27 12:53:16

* - kmawv8 MU - 2/27 12:54:35